Joined by Hawaii County where Honolulu is located, the state asks the federal court to reconsider.

Analysts predicted it would play out like this. The gungrabbers just wouldn't be able to resist the temptation to undo the high court's ruling and are now risking having this case go to the US Supreme Court. If SCOTUS agrees to hear the case, then there will be a ruling on it, and chances are pretty decent that they won't like it. The risk for them of course that they might rule in favor of the 9th's decision, making it the law across the country in every state. If that happens, we'll be seeing free citizens in unheard of numbers carrying firearms daily.

In short, The state of Hawaii and Hawaii County want the 9th Circuit of Appeals to reverse their ruling from July 24th that forces Hawaii to allow Hawaiians to carry firearms.

Hawaii law states that licenses are issued by police chiefs in each county to people who can show reason that they fear an attack on themselves or their belongings.

George Young Jr. had filed his lawsuit back in 2012 after the application he submitted for a license to open carry was turned down twice by Hawaii County's Police Chief Harry Kubojiri. Young's attorneys were successful when they pointed out that the state rarely ever issues any such licenses and had only issued a total of four within the past 18 years.

General Russell Suzuki, the Hawaii Attorney, had issued an opinion stating that all private individuals are also eligible for the licenses.

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“A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves…and include, according to the past and general usuage of the states, all men capable of bearing arms… "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."- Richard Henry Lee, Federal Farmer No. 18, January 25, 1788